Beck and The Black Crowes will headline this year's Street Scene festival in San Diego, California it was announced today (June 16).
The 24th annual festival will be held on the streets of downtown San Diego September 19 and 20.
Also on the bill for the weekend festival are Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Justice, Spoon, The Hives, Cat Power, Hot Chip, New Pornographers, Spiritualized, Cold War Kids, Foals, Eagles Of Death Metal, TV On The Radio, Tokyo Police Club, Tegan and Sara, Sea Wolf, The National and X, the LA punk band that performed at the inaugural Street Scene in 1984.
Tickets are set to go on sale Monday (June 16). For further information, visit Street-scene.com.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Reese Witherspoon - Witherspoon Is Top-earning Actress
REESE WITHERSPOON is Hollywood's highest paid actress, according to a new study.
The Legally Blonde star pulls in an estimated $15 to $20 million (GBP7.5 to GBP10 million) per film, putting her at the top of the new Hollywood Reporter rich list, ahead of Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman.
Renee Zellweger, Halle Berry and Julia Roberts also make the new trade top 10.
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Longoria's husband sues celeb site
The husband of 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria, Tony Parker, is suing a celebrity gossip website for at least $40m over allegations that he had an affair with a French model.
The Associated Press reports that basketball star Parker alleges the site X17online posted "false and defamatory" messages about him.
The lawsuit said: "This is false. It never happened. And X17 had to know that the story was false, or, at the very least, it had to have entertained serious doubts about the credibility of its supposed source."
The lawsuit also said that the website never contacted the couple or their representatives before publishing the allegations, and refused to retract them after being told the allegations were false.
The Associated Press reports that basketball star Parker alleges the site X17online posted "false and defamatory" messages about him.
The lawsuit said: "This is false. It never happened. And X17 had to know that the story was false, or, at the very least, it had to have entertained serious doubts about the credibility of its supposed source."
The lawsuit also said that the website never contacted the couple or their representatives before publishing the allegations, and refused to retract them after being told the allegations were false.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
John Lennon - Ono Loses Imagine Case
JOHN LENNON's widow YOKO ONO has lost her legal bid to sue a filmmaker for using the former BEATLE's hit track IMAGINE without permission.
Ono and Lennon's two sons Sean and Julian joined publisher EMI Blackwood Music Inc to launch legal action against the filmmakers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
In a lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Manhattan, New York in April (08), Ono demanded Premise Media Corporation, C+S Production LP and Rocky Mountain Pictures ban the track in its movie.
They also sought unspecified damages.
But on Monday (2Jun08), U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein found in favour of the filmmakers based on a "fair use" doctrine.
Stein ruled: "That doctrine provides that the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes of criticism and commentary is not an infringement of copyright."
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Drunk Brothas
Artist: Drunk Brothas
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The Muzik Speaks Vol. 1
Year: 2004
Tracks: 18
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Monday, 26 May 2008
Jolie heads 2007 humanitarian poll
Angelina Jolie has topped a Reuters poll of the best celebrity humanitarians of 2007.
The poll of 606 people by humanitarian web site Reuters AlertNet put the 32-year-old star ahead of U2 singer Bono, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Jolie works as a UN goodwill ambassador and has tried to raise awareness of the problems facing Africa.
Peter Walker, Director of the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University in the US, said: "Someone like Angelina Jolie comes across as having more integrity than some celebrities and a greater sense that she doesn't just do this for the publicity."
Commenting on Jolie's work for UNHCR, UNHCR spokesman Peter Kessler said: "She does this in a very low-key way. She goes out to see for herself, to get up close and very personal. She doesn't travel with film crews, and I think that is real testimony to her dedication to the cause."
While Bono ranked second behind Jolie, he also had enough negative votes to feature in the top five least-liked humanitarians - along with Bob Geldof.
The poll of 606 people by humanitarian web site Reuters AlertNet put the 32-year-old star ahead of U2 singer Bono, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Jolie works as a UN goodwill ambassador and has tried to raise awareness of the problems facing Africa.
Peter Walker, Director of the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University in the US, said: "Someone like Angelina Jolie comes across as having more integrity than some celebrities and a greater sense that she doesn't just do this for the publicity."
Commenting on Jolie's work for UNHCR, UNHCR spokesman Peter Kessler said: "She does this in a very low-key way. She goes out to see for herself, to get up close and very personal. She doesn't travel with film crews, and I think that is real testimony to her dedication to the cause."
While Bono ranked second behind Jolie, he also had enough negative votes to feature in the top five least-liked humanitarians - along with Bob Geldof.
Spielberg leaves his Olympics post
Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg has said he is withdrawing as an artistic advisor to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing because of the Chinese government's policy towards its ally Sudan and the conflict in Darfur.
In a statement, Spielberg said the Sudanese government shouldered the bulk of responsibility for the crimes in Darfur, but said China should be doing more to end the human suffering there.
Actress Mia Farrow, who had been pressing the director to end his involvement with this year's games, said his decision sent the right sort of message to Beijing.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington is quoted in the New York Times as saying that the Darfur issue was neither an internal issue for China nor was it caused by China.
The spokesman is also quoted as saying that it was completely unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair to link the two as one.
In a statement, Spielberg said the Sudanese government shouldered the bulk of responsibility for the crimes in Darfur, but said China should be doing more to end the human suffering there.
Actress Mia Farrow, who had been pressing the director to end his involvement with this year's games, said his decision sent the right sort of message to Beijing.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington is quoted in the New York Times as saying that the Darfur issue was neither an internal issue for China nor was it caused by China.
The spokesman is also quoted as saying that it was completely unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair to link the two as one.
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